Flight Sergeant Jack Stephen Richards Woolnough (1917-1942)

Flight Sergeant Jack Stephen Richards Woolnough Veteran

Birth

4 May 1917

Hobart, Hobart City, Tasmania, Australia

Death

17 Jan 1942 (aged 24)

Kings Bromley, Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England

Burial

Saint Stephen Churchyard

Fradley, Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England Show Map

Plot

Row 4. Grave 1.

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Service No: 408003

Royal Australian Air Force 27 Operational Training RAF.

Vickers Wellington X9706 aircraft of 27 Operational Training Unit (RAF Lichfield) crashed on its approach at Kings Bromley; all seven of the aircrew lost their lives.

The seven casualties of this accident were-

RAAF Sergeant Joseph Henry ROGERSON,

RAF Sergeant Arthur Wilson SAVAGE,

RAAF Flight Sergeant Jack Stephen Richards WOOLNOUGH,

RAAF Sergeant Frederick Ernest WILLIAMS,

RAAF Sergeant Evan Frederick WEBB ,

RAF Sergeant Malcolm Hunter WELCH and

RAFVR Sergeant Wilfred Roy BEETON.

An office clerk by trade, he was 24 years old and the son of Clarence William and Alice Mabel Woolnough; husband of Jessie Valma Woolnough of Margate, Tasmania, Australia.

Memorials: Jack Steven Richards Woolnough's name is located at panel 133 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.

Service No: 408003

Royal Australian Air Force 27 Operational Training RAF.

Vickers Wellington X9706 aircraft of 27 Operational Training Unit (RAF Lichfield) crashed on its approach at Kings Bromley; all seven of the aircrew lost their lives.

The seven casualties of this accident were-

RAAF Sergeant Joseph Henry ROGERSON,

RAF Sergeant Arthur Wilson SAVAGE,

RAAF Flight Sergeant Jack Stephen Richards WOOLNOUGH,

RAAF Sergeant Frederick Ernest WILLIAMS,

RAAF Sergeant Evan Frederick WEBB ,

RAF Sergeant Malcolm Hunter WELCH and

RAFVR Sergeant Wilfred Roy BEETON.

An office clerk by trade, he was 24 years old and the son of Clarence William and Alice Mabel Woolnough; husband of Jessie Valma Woolnough of Margate, Tasmania, Australia.

Memorials: Jack Steven Richards Woolnough's name is located at panel 133 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.

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